Gregory Hilliard, Jr.

Current position: General music education specialist for a historic, private, parochial elementary/middle school (Kindergarten through 8th grade), located adjacent to the downtown-area of a medium-sized city (1st year). Duties include weekly group instruction of every student, head music liturgist for 2 weekly mass services and special masses, music director of school-wide musical, co-head of the fine arts evening performance, director of school-wide talent show, and directing 2 extracurricular vocal ensembles. Also serves as a member of the school/parish liturgy committee.

Previous positions:

+ Choral Director/Music-Related Teacher--shared middle school and high school position (separate district schools [not a JH/SH school]; rebuilding the choral program at both schools), located in a rural area (about an hour's drive to the closest viable MS or HS choral program; am the only secondary choral director in my school district) (1 year)

--At the HS: 1 curriculuar chorus (mixed voicing, mixed level, grades 9-12 {1st year through 4th year singers all in the same class} [30]). Also taught a mixed-level music theatre course (semester/annual course) [25], and music appreciation (semester/annual course) [5-10]

+ Choral director at a middle school (rebuilding a choral program from scratch), located in the heart (inner-city) of a medium-sized city (1 year)

--1 curricular chorus, mixed voicing, grades 6-8 [30]

--Primary function of program was school-based event entertainment

+ Choral director and guitar teacher at a developed middle school choral program located in outskirts of same medium-sized city (2 years)

--Six Bass/Triple Guitar/Double Second/Floater player in a steel pans ensemble (selected to minister at an international United Methodist general conference)

--Vocal soloist for services, special events (weddings/funerals), concerts, and other engagements

+ Served on music staff of 3 other churches (soloist/intern positions)

+ Member (on sabbatical) of semi-professional traveling chamber choir primarily based in a large-sized metropolitan city (4 years)

--Performed at a divisional ACDA conference

+ Member (on sabbatical) of a very large (200+), non-auditioned, masterworks-focused community chorus, located in a medium-sized city (pseudo-affliated with a large southern public research university) (also served as a board member)

+ Former section leader/soloist of another smaller (~50), non-auditioned, community chorus affliated with a local community college, located in the same medium-sized city